CVE-2025-12084

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Published 2026-01-27 · Modified 2026-02-02

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.5

Description

When building nested elements using xml.dom.minidom methods such as appendChild() that have a dependency on _clear_id_cache() the algorithm is quadratic. Availability can be impacted when building excessively nested documents.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

AlmaLinux Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
9	Fixed	`python3.12-devel-3.12.12-4.el9_7.aarch64.rpm`

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`3.13.5-2+deb13u1`
sid	Fixed	`7.3.21+dfsg-1`
forky	Fixed	`7.3.21+dfsg-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`3.9.2-1+deb11u5`
bookworm	Fixed	`3.11.2-6+deb12u7`

Red Hat Fixed 2 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
9	Fixed	—
8	Fixed	—

Rocky Linux Fixed 2 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
9	Fixed	—
8	Fixed	—

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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